A short evening collect in the Order for Evening Prayer in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, translated from the Gelasian tradition into English at the 1549 reform and carried forward unchanged. It is one of three fixed collects said daily at Evensong by clergy and laity alike, and it is the text most often reached for at bedside vigils and at the close of a difficult day.
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The Collect for Aid against All Perils
A short evening collect in the Order for Evening Prayer in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, translated from the Gelasian tradition into English at the 1549 reform and carried forward unchanged. It is one of three fixed collects said daily at Evensong by clergy and laity alike, and it is the text most often reached for at bedside vigils and at the close of a difficult day.
and dangers of this night, for the love of thy only
Son, our Saviour Iesus Christ. Amen.
Church of England, 1662. Published 1662, long before 1929, US public domain. UK Crown patent applies within the United Kingdom, so this edition is used here on the US basis only. Source
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